Penetration Testing Course Index
Learn professional penetration testing from planning and reconnaissance to exploitation, reporting, and real-world assessments. This course follows industry-standard pentesting methodologies.
I. Penetration Testing Fundamentals (10 Lessons)
1. What is Penetration Testing
2. Types of Penetration Testing
3. Penetration Testing Methodologies
4. Rules of Engagement
5. Scoping and Planning a Pentest
6. Information Gathering for Pentesting
7. Threat Modeling Basics
8. Pentest Lab Setup
9. Pentesting Tools Overview
10. Pentesting Ethics and Compliance
II. Reconnaissance & Vulnerability Analysis (10 Lessons)
11. Network Reconnaissance Techniques
12. Asset Discovery
13. Port and Service Enumeration
14. Vulnerability Assessment vs Pentesting
15. Automated Vulnerability Scanning
16. Manual Vulnerability Analysis
17. Exploit Research
18. CVE and Exploit Databases
19. Risk Rating and Prioritization
20. Reconnaissance Best Practices
III. Exploitation & Post-Exploitation (15 Lessons)
21. Exploitation Fundamentals
22. Exploiting Network Services
23. Web Application Exploitation
24. Privilege Escalation Techniques
25. Credential Attacks
26. Lateral Movement
27. Persistence Techniques
28. Post-Exploitation Enumeration
29. Data Exfiltration Techniques
30. Evading Detection
31. Pivoting Techniques
32. Wireless Exploitation
33. Exploiting Misconfigurations
34. Cleanup and Covering Tracks
35. Exploitation Defense Overview
IV. Reporting, Tools & Real-World Practice (10 Lessons)
36. Penetration Testing Reporting
37. Writing Professional Pentest Reports
38. Executive Summary and Risk Communication
39. Pentest Tools Deep Dive
40. Red Team vs Blue Team
41. Purple Team Concepts
42. Cloud Penetration Testing Basics
43. Compliance and Regulatory Testing
44. Pentest Case Studies
45. Mini Project – End-to-End Penetration Test